Kamis, 25 Juni 2009

Telekomunikasi Seluler di New Zealand

Setiap akan berangkat ke luar negeri, kita sering menanyakan apa ya operator yang cocok saat saya nanti berada di sana? Begitu pula dengan kami yang di New Zealand. Saat pertama kali datang dari Indonesia ke New Zealand saya juga mengalami kesulitan dalam hal ini. Artikel ini mudah-mudahan bermanfaat bagi yang mau berangkat ke sini.

Jika kita berangkat dari Indonesia, sebenarnya hampir semua operator dari Indonesia bisa dipakai di sini. Hanya saja sepanjang pengalaman saya, kartu XL (Excelcomindo Pratama) dan Three bisa langsung digunakan di New Zealand tanpa harus mensettingnya terlebih dulu di negara asal. Ini karena sudah ada kerja sama antara XL dengan Vodafone. Sedangkan untuk Indosat dan Telkomsel sungguh sayang, bisa sih bisa tapi ada yang harus registrasi dulu di Indonesia dan sinyalnya hilang-hilang.

Ada dua operator besar di New Zealand yang melayani telekomunikasi seluler, yaitu Vodafone dan Telecom. Ada perbedaan mendasar antara Vodafone dan Telecom, kalau Vodafone adalah layanan GSM, sedangkan Telecom adalah sejenis CDMA di Indonesia.


Harga SIM Card starter packnya kurang lebih NZ$ 35, cukup mahal sih memang. Tapi tak apa-apa yang penting bisa berkomunikasi dengan keluarga kita di Indonesia.

Untuk masalah handphone atau handset yang cocok, jangan khawatir, hape butut Anda dari Indonesia juga bisa Anda gunakan di sini. Tapi saya sarankan berhati-hati jika membawa HP Motorola dari Indonesia karena biasanya suka ngadat karena tidak support dengan operator lokal yang ada di New Zealand.

Kebanyakan orang di Wellington menggunakan HP Nokia, Samsung, dan LG. Motorola juga ada tapi jarang saya lihat.

Minggu, 21 Juni 2009

Windows 7 Review, Windows 7 RC1: Windows XP Mode

Perhaps the biggest surprise - and for Microsoft, possibly the biggest boost - is a feature that has been announced but not yet available: Windows XP Mode, which will run XP applications in an XP compatibility box, but make them appear as if they are running directly in Windows 7 itself. In this way, Microsoft hopes to give users the best of both worlds - the compatibility of XP and the shinier new Windows 7 interface.

The feature sounds underwhelming until you dig into the details. According to Microsoft, you won't actually have to manually run Virtual PC to run those XP applications once you've installed them; instead, they will appear to work directly within Windows 7.

You'll just have to run Virtual PC the first time and run the application - from that point on, it will appear to be just other application running directly in Windows 7 (at least, that's the promise). And you won't have to buy XP separately - your Windows 7 EULA (end-user licence agreement) includes XP as well. In essence, you get two operating systems for the price of one.

This solves one of Microsoft's biggest problems with XP very cleverly - it's such a solid, stable operating system that people simply don't want to give it up to move to a newer operating system. Now they don't have to - they can run XP as if it were a part of Windows 7.

Microsoft says Windows XP Mode will soon be ready for download, and as soon as it is, I'll follow up with a report on how well it works.

Source: www.pcadvisor.co.uk

Cleaning Autorun Viruses: How To Boot Into Safe Mode

Some viruses may not be detected, or may be only partially removed, if the system is not booted into Safe Mode for the scan. Booting in Safe Mode prevents extraneous services and programs - including most malware - from loading at startup.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: Less than a minute

Here's How:

  1. If the system is already turned off, power it on.
  2. If the system is already on, shutdown the system normally, wait 30 seconds, then power it back on.
  3. Begin tapping the F8 key every few seconds as the system boots up until the screen offering the Safe Mode option appears.
  4. Use the arrow keys to highlight Safe Mode and press the Enter key.
  5. The system will now boot into Safe Mode.
  6. On Windows XP, you may receive a prompt asking if you really want to boot into Safe Mode. Choose Yes.
  7. Once Windows has booted into Safe Mode, open your antivirus program using the Start | Programs menu and run a complete virus scan.

Tips:

  1. If your PC is a multi-boot system (i.e. has more than one operating system to choose from), first select the desired OS and then begin tapping the F8 key every few seconds while it boots.
  2. If tapping F8 did not result in the Safe Mode option being offered, repeat the steps.
  3. If after several attempts you are still unable to boot into Safe Mode, post a message in the Antivirus Forum. Be sure to note which operating system you are using.
Source: www.about.com

How to prevent email worms

Antivirus software is simply not enough. An email worm can spread worldwide in just minutes, but it takes hours for antivirus vendors to analyze, create, and deploy signature updates. Fortunately, there are five easy steps you can take to help close that window of vulnerability and help keep email worms off your system.

Rule 1: Identification - Understanding the nature of the attachment is the first step towards email safety. Any executable type attachment has the potential to be infected. This covers a wide range of extensions. Complicating matters is that, by default, Windows suppresses file extensions. Make sure you have file extension enabled. Hint: If you aren't sure what file extensions are, sign up for the free Windows Basic online course.

Rule 2: Intent - An executable type attachment should not be opened unless it was specifically requested or expected. Since email worms are sent to addresses found on infected users' machines, just knowing the sender is no proof of intent - they may well be infected. In fact, odds are an email worm will arrive from someone you know and the sender is oblivious to the viral email being sent from their machine. Worse, today's worms spoof the From address, so it may well be that it's not even from the person you think it is. If there's any question as to the intent, see Rule 3 below.

Rule 3: Necessity - This is the simplest rule to follow, but one that many people ignore. If you do not need the attachment, don't open it. Delete the email instead.

Rule 4: Secure your client - To date, many email worms and viruses have taken advantage of security vulnerabilities found in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express. However, any mail client that supports HTML and scripting should be considered at risk. For instructions on securing your particular mail client, choose from the list below:

    Outlook/Outlook Express
    Eudora
    Netscape Mail
    Pegasus

Rule 5: Patch your system - Microsoft routinely releases approximately 100 security patches per year. Keeping abreast of these and understanding which are applicable to your system can be a daunting task. To help ease the pain, Microsoft provides a Windows update site. The site will automatically scan your system and provide a list of recommended updates specific to your operating system. Install any updates marked as "Critical". And remember - security is never passive. It's an ongoing process and new vulnerabilities are constantly discovered. Visit the Windows update site monthly to ensure all necessary patches are installed.

Source: www.about.com

Best Scanner and Virus Detector: Avira AntiVir in the AV-Comparatives Test

AV-Comparatives is an independent institute that regularly tests the performance of well known anti-virus software. After Avira had already achieved good results in March, the test was continued under new conditions.

Since the last comparative test, none of the anti-virus programs has been updated. At the same time, a lot of malware has been collected during the last three months. Therefore a whole host of new, unknown viruses, worms, backdoors and Trojans has appeared. In order to detect unknown and new threats proactive detection or so called heuristic detection is required.

The innovative Avira AHeAD (Advanced Heuristic Analysis and Detection) technology certainly lived up to its name. Its heuristic identified more than 71% of the at that time unknown malware and therefore won a convincing first place (graph 1).

The results for scanning speed clearly demonstrate that the Avira software is not only thorough but also particularly fast. The anti-virus product, which was developed in Germany, is also clearly in the lead in this respect. Avira sifts through the data jungle on computers at a rate of 7.49 megabytes per second (graph 2) and is therefore the winner of the test In this category!

It is to be noted that the test of speed was carried out with activated heuristic, i.e. with active AHeAD module. Compared with its competitors, Avira convincingly managed to combine performance and proactive detection with optimum results.

Source: www.avira.com

The best Anti-virus based on www.av-comparatives.org

Antivirus products often claim to have high proactive detection capabilities. In this file, we can read the best antivirus. Download it now and then we can decide the best antivirus to protect our laptop and computer.

Download the result of the test here, Link Download.

This test was held in May 2009, so its quite new to know the best product that we can us

Apple's Safari 4 tops 11 million downloads in 3 days


Apple's Safari 4 Web browser was downloaded more than 11 million times in the first three days of release, the company said Friday. 

And more than 6 million of the downloads came from Windows users. 

Since Safari 4's public beta release in February, Apple has touted the browser as the fastest in the world, when compared with other popular browsers like Firefox and Internet Explorer 8. 

According to Apple, Safari 4 tops IE 8 and Firefox by three times or more when loading HTML Web pages. With its Nitro JavaScript engine, the company claims, Safari executes JavaScript almost eight times as fast as IE 8 and more than four times as fast as Firefox. 

Based on the open-source Webkit browser engine, Safari includes HTML 5 support for offline technologies and is the first browser to pass the Web Standards Project's Acid3 test. 

Safari includes several enhancements, such as Top Sites, the ability to search history, Google Suggest, and Full Page Zoom, to make browsing the Web a bit easier. 

Safari is free for download for both Mac and Windows users.

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Steve Jobs had liver transplant, Apple CEO


Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple for the past six months, received a liver transplant in Tennessee two months ago, according to a report Friday in The Wall Street Journal. 

Earlier this year, Apple's CEO was reported to be relocating from California to Tennessee, which has a shorter waiting list for patients seeking organs, the report noted. In January, after Jobs announced that he would step aside from his day-to-day duties for a six-month medical leave of absence, Bloomberg reported that Apple's CEO was considering a liver transplant. In a telephone interview at the time, Jobs refused to comment on his health status. 

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but an Apple representative told the Journal that Jobs "continues to look forward to returning at the end of June, and there's nothing further to say." 

Jobs is expected to return to the helm of Apple this month after nearly six months of medical leave. Jobs announced in January that he would be stepping down temporarily from the chief executive post while recuperating from a hormone imbalance. Some hoped his return to the company would coincide with an appearance at the Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month to announce the new iPhone 3G S, but that did not pan out for Apple faithful. 

Jobs, 54, has been the subject of heated speculation regarding his health since last June's Worldwide Developers Conference, when he appeared to have lost a great deal of weight. At the time, Apple insisted that Jobs' health was a private matter but revealed in early January that Jobs was suffering from a hormone imbalance that was impeding his body's ability to absorb certain proteins. 

In August 2004, Jobs underwent successful surgery to treat a rare form of pancreatic cancer, which sidelined him until September of that year. Much of the speculation over the past year had been over whether that cancer had returned. 

Tim Cook, Apple's chief operating officer, has been running the company during Jobs' absence.

Koogle, 'Kosher' search engine launched in Israel

A new "kosher" search engine called Koogle has been launched for orthodox Jews living in Israel, allowing them to surf the net without compromising the religious standards set by their rabbis.

Koogle, which is a pun on search engine behemoth Google and a popular Jewish noodle dish, will filter out forbidden material, such as sexually explicit images or pictures of women deemed to be immodestly dressed, and restrict purchases of taboo items including television sets, which are banned in orthodox households.

Rabbis encouraged the development of Koogle to meet the needs of the country's religious communities and to discourage them from using internet cafes.

Amos Azizoff, who helped to set up Koogle, claimed the business directory alone, which lists everything from restaurants to bridal wear, was already enjoying 100,000 hits a month. He said Koogle was for adults and children alike.

"There is so much happening on the internet that isn't healthy and this search engine allows people to surf without pop-ups or anything that is inappropriate.

"There are lots of orthodox homes that don't have computers but for business purposes, or for people who want to be part of the 21st century, if you're going to have one the best way is to use one that filters the internet."

The search engine also has a facility that blocks online shopping during the Jewish Sabbath, which begins at sundown on Friday and ends at sunset on Saturday.

Azizoff said he recognised that the site would not appeal to everyone. "We have to be realistic. Just as you have orthodox Christians and orthodox Muslims, there are people who like to take the easy approach on life, right or wrong. Unfortunately that's our society. But there are different needs for different communities."

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Sabtu, 20 Juni 2009

New Dell Studio Hybrid Ultra-Small PC

The famous PC maker, Dell has launched its smallest, most personalized and most environmentally responsible consumer PC – Studio Hybrid, which the company claims is about 80% smaller than the typical desktop minitower and uses up to 70% less power, aiming to enhance personal expression and creative living.

“The design and craftsmanship of the Studio Hybrid alone are enough to cause you to do a double take,” said Michael Tatelman, vice president, global consumer sales and marketing. “Combine that with the performance of this little beauty and its environmentally smart DNA, and you’ve got something truly unique – something that you can make your own.”

Optional Technologies And Peripherals Of Dell Studio Hybrid:

  • Optional Wi-Fi networking allowing people to place the PC anywhere that’s convenient for them
  • Optional wireless keyboard and mouse help ensure a clean desktop, counter top or coffee table
  • Optional Blu-Ray Disc drive for watching high-definition DVDs
  • Optional TV Tuner that enables users to watch, pause and record live TV

“Our goal was to design a desktop that fits in the office or in the living room, or anywhere space is at a premium,” said Michael Scheschuk, desktop product marketing. “We’ve created a dekstop PC category that combines style, performance and a high degree of energy efficiency.”

According to the release, “Dell also unveiled two new Inspiron PCs, including the Inspiron 13, a sleek and stylish sub‑$800 13-inch laptop perfect for students heading back to school, available starting next week at Wal-Mart. The Inspiron 518 desktop, available immediately at www.dell.com, is designed for everyday family multi-media activities, be it catching up on favorite TV shows via the internet, playing online games, and storing and accessing music playlists and digital images.”

Unique Packaging Of Studio Hybrid Was Designed To Be Environmentally Responsible:

  • Reduced packing materials 30 percent by weight
  • Packing materials are also 95 percent recyclable
  • Reduced printed documentation 75 percent by weight
  • System recycling kit is included

The new Dell Studio Hybrid is available now on its official site and expected to be featured in select retailers later this fall, along with a starting price of $499 (without monitor). Check more details of Dell Studio Hybrid on its official site.

Source: www.mydigitallife.info

Disney Taps Kiddie Laptop Market

Not long ago I read the results of a study about litte girls and Disney Princess dolls, which pointed out the massive amount of branding involved – i.e., you can wake up in your Disney Princess sheets, brush your teeth with a Disney Princess toothbrush, eat breakfast out of your Disney Princess cereal bowl… and on and on until you slip into your Disney Princess PJs to go to bed. One of the reasons that branding is particularly powerful for kids is that they probably don’t care what thread count their sheets are, whether their toothbrush has angled bristled for maximum cavity-fighting, or whether the bowl is microwaveable.

And odds are, a six-year-old doesn’t care one bit about the specs on her laptop – but given the choice between one that has a Dell logo or a Disney logo, then it’s very likely that the Disney branding team has done their job. Cue that up right after breakfast – check your email on your Disney Princess laptop.

The new Disney Netpal by Asus (the Taiwanese manufacturer known for their Eee PC netbooks, of which this is basically a Disney-fied version) will go on sale July 21 and come in “magic blue” and “princess pink.” However, they are thankfully considerably more subtle than the Disney Dream Desk PC. The price is $349.

Though the beauty of the product is that it’s not just marketed at kids with branding, but with parents, too – with control. Since this laptop is intended for kids, all of the parental control security features are built right in, and robustly. Rather than a “blacklist” of websites, parents can limit web use to an accepted “whitelist.” And also inside the laptop, Windows seems to be even more Disney-fied than the outside, with a special Disney “gadget tray” with a special Disney browser and lots of pre-loaded Disney software like “Disney Pix” (photos) and “Disney Mix” (media management).

I can’t even imagine the nightmare of trying to get other stuff to run on this machine – but I guess that’s not really the point. It’s about simplicity for ease of use, control, and branding, and just from what I’ve read about it so far, I think Disney might have this one in the bag on these counts. And here are the specs on the machine, according to PC Magazine:

  • Intel Atom N270 processor with 1 Gbyte of DDR2 RAM
  • 8.9-inch LED-backlit screen with a 1,024-by-600 resolution
  • 160-GB spinning drive
  • a VGA port, 3 USB ports, an Ethernet jack, audio-out and Mic-in, a multi-card reader, and a 0.3-megapixel webcam
  • 5 hours of battery life
  • weighs 2.6 pounds
  • runs Windows XP Home

There is also a version of the netpal exclusive to Toys ‘R’ Us, the only differences being that it features a 16-GB solid-state drive and weighs only 2.2 pounds.

Source: www.geeksaresexy.net

Toshiba to mass-produce 28-nm chips from 2010/11

TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp (6502.T), the world's second-largest maker of NAND flash memory chips, said on Thursday it aims to start mass-producing 28-nanometre chips in the business year starting in April 2010, skipping previously planned 32-nanometre chip production.

Chip makers are racing to shrink their chips, packing more power onto each sliver of silicon.

Source: www.reuters.com

Relaunched Google Search Service Fingers Malware-Spreading Advertisers

'Anti-Malvertising' lets Website owners perform background checks on potential online advertisers

Google is going after malware-spreading advertisers more aggressively with the quiet launch of a free service that lets Website owners run background checks on potential online advertisers.

Anti-Malvertising, which yesterday received a face-lift with additional resources and a higher profile, is a custom search engine that lets you check if an online advertiser is known to have spread malware-laden advertisements.

Attackers are increasingly using legitimate Websites to spread their malware, either hiding it within an ad itself, embedding it on the page, or using a download link to infect victims.

Eric Davis, a member of Google's Anti-Malvertising Team, says the custom search engine originally went live in February, but Google yesterday relaunched the site with more information and content. "We created Anti-Malvertising.com to help ad publishers and Internet users learn more about malvertising threats," Davis says.

The search engine checks third-party sites that track ad malware. "What's new as of yesterday is that we redesigned the site and added new, expanded educational content to supplement the custom search engine" so ad publishers and Internet users can better protect themselves, Davis says.

Bottom line: Google wants to keep the online advertising "ecosystem" clean.

"The overall site fits into our broader goal to help and encourage all members of the online advertising ecosystem to take an active role in malvertising prevention," Davis says.

Still, Google warns that the custom search engine is just one source of badware information. "Its search results should not be considered the last word on a prospective customer, but one potential source of helpful information. If a party you're researching comes up in a search result here, we recommend you take a closer look at the party in question before rendering judgment," Google's site says.

Source: www.darkreading.com

Microsoft To Launch Free Antivirus Product Next Week

Public beta of the much-anticipated "Morro" tool debuts June 23, replacing OneCare Live for consumers 

Microsoft turned a page in consumer antivirus protection today with the official announcement of free anti-malware software that users can download on their Windows machines. The new Microsoft Security Essentials software -- which had been known by the code name "Morro" -- will be available in a public beta version next Tues., June 23.


Unlike Microsoft's Live subscription-based OneCare consumer offering, Microsoft Security Essentials focuses solely on anti-malware security, detecting and removing viruses, spyware, rootkits, and Trojans, and doesn't bundle in the firewalls or computer maintenance tasks and backup common in many security suites today. And there's no charge or registration required.

"This is real-time protection for consumers," says Alan Packer, general manager of Microsoft's anti-malware team. "We were surprised at the number of people out there not running anti-malware software -- a lot of Windows consumers are not protected."

The new product represents a shift in Microsoft's consumer AV strategy to a freebie model that some other security vendors recently have adopted, and it's likely to pressure AV giants McAfee and Symantec to eventually do the same, security experts say.

Packer says Microsoft decided to give away the software for free as part of its strategy of improving security for the overall Windows ecosystem. "There are a lot of other free anti-malware products out there, but a lot of them are trying to do an 'up-sell,' so there's still an economic model there," he says. "That wasn't a driving factor for us. We were looking at the sheer number of people unprotected in the Windows ecosystem, and we thought we could better serve them at no cost."

"This is the best thing for the buyer," says Roger L. Kay, president of Endpoint Technologies Associates. "It will have the effect of putting [AV] companies out of those [consumer AV] businesses. Consumer AV is in jeopardy because, in some sense, you don't need it. It's an extra bolt-on that's not perfect. And you want things that keep quiet and fit -- you don't want to wear your AV like a ball and chain."

But that's exactly what some consumers have experienced with AV: "Anti-malware is expensive in resources -- CPU and memory consumption -- and that has an impact on the user experience. Some don't think it's worth it," Microsoft's Packer says.

By spinning off the security piece from the suite, Microsoft is focusing on protecting its "main franchise" -- the PC, says Endpoint Technologies' Kay. "They needed to focus on the security problem by itself...giving away security rather than bundling and selling it," Kay says.

Microsoft's new software will include a dynamic signature service that works with Microsoft Update, and it runs on the same anti-malware engine as Forefront and Live OneCare. "We're using the same base technology in Forefront, OneCare, and Defender, with different pieces of it turned on. Microsoft Security Essentials is the next generation of what was in OneCare," Packer says.

All signature and other updates are done in the background, and the software performs CPU-throttling during full scans, for instance, so as not to disrupt other operations, he says.

Rainer Gawlick, CMO at Sophos, says Microsoft's move is a win for the industry. "Unprotected consumer PCs are a security problem for the market, with botnets [and other issues]," Gawlick says. "Overall, we think it's right for consumers to get free protection."

Microsoft also simplified the user interface using the standard green for clean and red for problem. Fixing a problem is just one click on a prominently displayed button on the page, Packer says.

The software, which will be released in its final version this year, is for Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3), Windows Vista, and Windows 7 (Beta or Release Candidate).

Meanwhile, Microsoft plans to halt retail sales of Live OneCare at the end of the month; existing OneCare users will be given a free extension of their subscription until Microsoft Security Essentials is shipping in production. 

Source: www.darkreading.com

Chrome 2.0: Google's biggest yawn


Google's upgrade of Chrome to 2.0 is exceedingly underwhelming --- there's so little new that if you blinked you'd miss the changes. It's baffling that a company that keeps fully featured software like Gmail in beta for years has jumped to 2.0 for a browser with so little to offer.

After the upgrade, you won't notice a change in Chrome at all --- it looks just like the previous version, and largely behaves like it as well. There are a few little tweaks, though, such as a full screen mode available via the F11 key.

There's also a form filler for filling in Web forms, something other browsers have had since the Dark Ages. You can also remove thumbnails from the "New Tab" pages that launch whenever you open a new tab. And you can zoom better.

The only substantial change is speed. Google claims that the new Chrome is 30% faster than the previous version, and I can believe it. It loads pages lightning fast.

But there's more to browsing the Web than fast-loading pages. That's where Chrome 2.0 is still far inferior to Firefox and Internet Explorer.

It's hard to understand Google's plans for Chrome, because it's so bare-bones that it will never gain significant market share. It may be, though, that Google considers its browser little more than a front end for Web-based applications such as Gmail or Google Docs, and figures that the applications themselves, not the browser, is where most functionality will reside. But the ubiquitous cloud-based world is still far away, and until then, Chrome will languish.

Simple And Successful SEO Strategies, On Page Optimization


SEO doesn't have to be complex and by following these simple on-page optimization techniques you can give your SEO campaign the perfect start.

SEO is often seen as being a difficult and in-depth process, but the reality is that by following some reasonably common sense guidelines it is possible to get good rankings. That's not to say that optimization is a simple or quick process; there are, unfortunately, no short cuts. Your SEO efforts should be a concerted and long term endeavour, in order for you to enjoy the best possible results, and should incorporate both on-page and off-page optimization techniques. By following the on-page SEO strategies below you can set a strong foundation for all your SEO work. 

Keyword Research

Before you begin penning content and writing title and meta tags you first need to research the keywords you will use on each of your pages. Using the wrong keywords can negatively impact your entire campaign, causing you to lose untold hours and days of work and eventually forcing you to concede that you made the wrong decision and start all over again.

The most appropriate and most beneficial keywords are popular enough that they will enjoy regular searches but without being prohibitively competitive or overly generic. A number of keyword research tools exist and your competitors' websites are a good place to start your early research. Ensure keywords are targeted specifically to the type of content you will provide as well as the service or product you will be selling. More targeted keywords will result in more targeted visitors and targeted visitors mean greater conversion rates and an improved return on your efforts.

Niche And Semantically Related Keywords

A good strategy is to incorporate a reasonable list of competitive keywords with less competitive ones. The more niche keywords will serve you well during the early days of your website and over time you should be able to start competing for the more challenging of the keywords you use. Also incorporate semantically or topically related keywords into your keyword list because the search engines are placing more and more emphasis on those pages that use related keywords as well as primary keywords.

Accessibility And Standards

Site accessibility is an integral part of good website design, but it should also be considered an important factor in any SEO strategy. Using standards based code for your website will help to ensure that anybody that wishes to access and view your website will be able to do so. It will also mean that the spiders used by search engines will be able to access and index your pages effectively ensuring that you get the full credit for your site. 

Navigation And Intra-Linking

Your navigation menu and internal links should be prominently placed, easy to see, and easy to follow for the spiders. It is good practice to include a text link from the home page to a compliant sitemap on your site, alleviating any potential problems that might arise from broken links or the use of graphical or flash based navigation menus. You can also consider adding links into the main body of your content, although too many will make the page difficult to read and therefore diminish the overall effectiveness so don't get too carried away.

Title And Meta Tags

While search engines do not specifically use the meta tags to help assess the value of a page like they once did, meta tags are still critical to good SEO performance. The title and description tags that you add at the top of a page are used in various ways including in the compiling and display of Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs). This is the first thing a potential site visitor will see from your site so this mini listing needs to be as effective as any paid advert or PPC ad. Poorly written titles and descriptions can put many readers off viewing your pages so a little time and effort here can have a very positive effect. 

Using your keywords in the title and the description is good practice because these will be highlighted in the search results if they were used in the search query itself. This will make your result more prominent and instantly identify your page as being relevant to the user. Don't needlessly use keywords, however, and don't throw extra keywords into the description at the cost of a well written, short ad.

Other Formatting Tags

On-page content should always be written with the visitor in mind, although obviously it can still be optimized for search engines. As such, proper page structure is important to your reader as well as to the engines. H1 and H2 tags are an effective way of breaking up page content, and give readers the chance to skim through a page and determine its relevance.

A page should only contain a single H1 tag at the top of the content but can include multiple H2 and H3 tags. Alt tags on images should also be included and these as well as the actual file path to the image itself can include important keywords (but do make sure that they actually make sense and are more than just a keyword thrown in for the sake of SEO).

Page Content Optimization

Finally, we get to the heart of the page - the content itself. Use the keywords you researched for a page, including semantically related keywords. Write as naturally and appealingly as possible while keeping those keywords in mind and don't get carried away stuffing or cramming them into the body of the text. Not only is this unappealing to readers but is seriously frowned upon by the search engines.

The reader really is the most important aspect of your content. If the majority of your visitors are coming from the search engines, remember that they arrived using specific keywords. This means that they are searching for equally specific information relating to those keywords - make sure you deliver on the promise that you made in your title and description tags.

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Source: www.seo-news.com

Firefox Records 8.2 Million Downloads in First Day

Mozilla’s Download Day ended at 11:18 PDT Wednesday, well on its way to setting its Guinness World Record goal with a staggering 8.2 Million downloads of the Firefox 3 browser — shattering all expectations the company had when organizing the event.

According to the Download Day FAQ, Mozilla is the first company to attempt this record, thereby setting the bar for most downloads in one day. The foundation’s goal was to beat the number of first-day downloads of Firefox 2, which was 1.6 million downloads. The “sky is the limit” number was 5 million. A Mozilla representative confirmed it crossed 8 million about 30 minutes before the window closed.

In the upcoming week, Guinness World Records judges will verify the number using count records and logs while removing duplicates before it becomes the number to beat in the future.

For those who took part in the “historic” day, Mozilla is handing out personalized Firefox 3 Download Day certificates that you can download, print, frame and hang next to your high school diploma.

If you are late to the party, you can still download Firefox 3 at Mozilla’s Spread Firefox page.

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

There some problems when we open Microsoft Office 2007 in Microsoft Office 2003. The problem usually happen because the diferences of file extension. For example in Microsoft Word, in Office 2003, word document uses extension as .doc, but in Microsoft Office 2007 uses.docx.

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Users of the Microsoft Office XP and 2003 programs Word, Excel, or PowerPoint—please install all High-Priority updates from Microsoft Update before downloading the Compatibility Pack.

By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able to open, edit, and save files using the file formats new to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.

The Compatibility Pack can also be used in conjunction with the Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003, Excel Viewer 2003, and PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to view files saved in these new formats. For more information about the Compatibility Pack, see Knowledge Base article 924074.


Note: If you use Microsoft Word 2000 or Microsoft Word 2002 to read or write documents containing complex scripts, please see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925451 for information to enable Word 2007 documents to be displayed correctly in your version of word.

Source: Microsoft.com

How much Windows 7 Price?

The price of Windows 7 Starter Edition per machine will be around double that of Windows XP Starter Edition. As reported (here - warning: PDF - and here), Windows 7 Starter Edition will be between $45 and $55 compared to $25 and $30 for Windows XP Starter Edition.

It's not clear where DigiTimes, the source of this particular news, got the new price.

The situation is complicated by the fact that the Starter Edition price is generally not disclosed. This version of Windows is an OEM-only edition and pricing comes down to how far OEMs can arm wrestle Microsoft, with agreements then locked up under NDA.

Microsoft refused to comment when asked by The Reg on the Windows 7 Starter Edition price, pointing to the NDA chastity belt that accompanies this SKU.

If Microsoft has bumped the price, it'll put a serious crimp in the appeal of Windows 7 on netbooks. OEMs margins are tight, and on a machine priced at $300, Microsoft will be taking a serious bite out of the margin that would have gone to the PC manufacturer.

In Microsoft's world, a price of between $45 and $55 might count as flat - or no increase. Leaked copies of Windows Vista Starter Edition are available for $52.

With the technology hurdle that hurt Windows Vista gone, that leaves just price as the barrier to OEMs using Windows 7 on netbooks. And for OEMs who had skipped Windows Vista Starter Edition for Windows XP Starter Edition, that price of between $45 and $55 per unit won't count as pricing stability at all. It'll be an effective increase.

The only card Microsoft has left in this game is application and hardware compatibility. Software and devices that consumers know and like will work with Windows on netbooks. This might compel OEMs to swallow the price.

Apart from that - and it's not an insignificant consideration - it'll be up to Ubuntu's chief sponsor Canonical and other Linuxes to lobby Acer, Asus, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and others making netbooks. Those manufacturers will be concerned about their margins

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